Vehicle



L. NUSSBAUM.

VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-29, 1919.

1,340,733. Y Patented May 18, 1 920.

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LOUIS NUSSBAQUM, 0F ALBANY, NEW YORK.

VEHICLE.

Application filed December 29, 1919.

Improvement in Vehicles, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to a vehicleand has reference more particularly to an impellent ice or snow vehicle which includes runners with a frame made to accommodate an occupant who may thrust or push the same ahead by an impeller or the like.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap, yet durable vehicle of the class described which may be used as either a toy or as a convenient means of transportation on snow or ice.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which,

Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of a vehicle constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

Fig. 3 is a rear view in elevation, and

Fig. 4 is a view of the impeller.

Referring to the drawing in detail the invention is in no way limited to an ice or snow vehicle, as instead of runners suitable wheels may be used." However for the purpose of illustration the vehicle will be described as including a pair of parallel run ners 5 and 6, spaced apart by means of the frame 7 which comprises two pairs of skeleton frame members 8 and 9, the members 8 being bolted as at 10 to the rear end of the runners 5 and 6, and presented up wardly toward the middle of the vehicle, and the members 9 being fastened to the foot rests or platform 11, which is arranged across the runners and bolted thereto through means of the bolts '12 which are also adapted to clamp the ends of the members 9 to the foot rests 11. The upwardly and in wardly presented ends of the members 8 and 9 are presented in substantially the same horizontal plane and made to support a seat 13 which is fastened to the ends by means of suitable screws or bolts 14c.

The seat in its preferred embodiment involves some of the characteristics of a bi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

Serial No. 347,909.

cycle or the like seat in so far as its general contour is concerned. However it is also constructed with a bifurcated crotch thus producing the slotted opening 15 between the sides of the frame members 9. In operation the user of the vehicle will occupy the seat 13 and use an impeller such as the pole 16 which is provided with a pointed end 17 and a hand grip 18 to push the vehicle over the ice or snow, and with the impeller or rather pole 16 received in the slotted opening 15.

The arrangement of the vehicle is such as to offer an unusually rigid and durable construction and it should be noted that the steel runners are bent around the curved forward ends of their frame pieces and presented rearwardly to provide braces 19 with the ends of which securely anchored as at 20.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:-

I. A vehicle including a skeleton frame, spaced surface engaging members secured to the lower portion thereof, a seat having a bifurcated portion, said members secured to the upper portion of said frame, and an impeller adapted to co-act with the bifurcated portion of said seat to provide means for effecting movement of the vehicle over the surface.

2. A vehicle comprising surface engaging members, a supporting frame carried thereby, a bifurcated seat secured to the supporting frame and an impeller adapted to co-act with the bifurcated portion of said seat and the surface for impelling the vehicle thereover.

3. A vehicle of the class described, including a single occupant supporting frame made of a plurality of upwardly presented skeleton members, arranged to support a seat with the frame members fastened thereto, said seat having a bifurcated crotch made to receive an impeller for the vehicle.

4. A vehicle such as set forth in claim 3, which includes parallel runners spaced apart by the frame members, and with a foot restarranged across the runners.

LOUIS NUSSBAUM. 

